extravagancy

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈstrævəɡənsi/ UK /ɪkˈstrævəɡənsi/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
excessive or wasteful spending or display; extravagance

The court's extravagancy drained the kingdom's treasury.

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Synonyms

1 noun · excessive or wasteful... extravagance lavishness wastefulness prodigality profligacy excessexorbitance

Opposites

frugality thrift economy moderation restraint

Word family

Related forms extravagant extravagantlyextravaganza

Etymology

From extravagant + -cy. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander').

extravagari la-med vagari Latin

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# extravagancy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ɪkˈstrævəɡənsi
**IPA (UK):** ɪkˈstrævəɡənsi

## Meanings
1. excessive or wasteful spending or display; extravagance

## Examples
- The court's extravagancy drained the kingdom's treasury.

## Synonyms
- extravagance
- lavishness
- wastefulness
- prodigality
- profligacy
- excess
- exorbitance

## Antonyms
- frugality
- thrift
- economy
- moderation
- restraint

## Related Forms
- extravagant
- extravagantly
- extravaganza

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: extravagari
- Root: vagari

## Etymology
From extravagant + -cy. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander').

## AI Etymology
Extravagancy comes from extravagant + -cy. Extravagant derives from Medieval Latin extravagantem ('wandering outside'), from Latin extra ('outside') + vagari ('to wander'). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: -cy marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "excessive or wasteful spending or display; extravagance", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as extravagant, extravagantly, and extravaganza, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin extravagari and Latin vagari, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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